Playing With Words

Idiom
An idiom is a noun. It is a part of speech expression from the usual meanings of its constituent elements. The word Idiom originally came from Latin and Greek.

Idiom Examples:

• A piece of cake.
• Be in hot water.
• Cross your fingers.

Simile
A simile is a noun, it is also a part of speech, in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.

Simile Examples:

• As clear as mud.
• As big as an elephant.
• As cold as ice.

Metaphor
A metaphor is a noun, it is also a part of speech in something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.

Metaphor Examples:

• My teacher is a dragon.
• Time is money.
• Life is a rollercoaster.